TI-2023-13798 Aliases CVE-2023-29418 GHSA-q597-3v27-cmvx

An issue was discovered in libbzip3.a in bzip3 before 1.2.3.

MEDIUM 62CWE-125Published 2023-04-06 · Updated 2025-03-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in libbzip3.a in bzip3 before 1.2.3. There is an xwrite out-of-bounds read.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00888 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:bzip3_project:bzip3::::::::	before 1.2.3	Vulnerable	Bzip3 Project

cpe:2.3:a:bzip3_project:bzip3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.2.3 Vulnerable ·Bzip3 Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-29418
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q597-3v27-cmvx

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/issues/92

Patch 1

https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/commit/aae16d107f804f69000c09cd92027a140968cc9d

Advisory 3

Other 1

https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/compare/1.2.2...1.2.3

TI-2023-13801 An issue was discovered in libbzip3.a in bzip3 before 1.2.3. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-13800 An issue was discovered in libbzip3.a in bzip3 before 1.2.3. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2023-13799 An issue was discovered in libbzip3.a in bzip3 before 1.2.3. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2023-13796 An issue was discovered in libbzip3.a in bzip3 before 1.3.0. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2023-13795 An issue was discovered in libbzip3.a in bzip3 before 1.3.0. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2023-13797 An issue was discovered in libbzip3.a in bzip3 1.2.2. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

Sources

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